Jewar: Plot allotments to project-hit families complete

GREATER NOIDA: The Yamuna Expressway Authority has completed the last allotment of some 243 plots to the displaced families of Dayantpur Kheda village in the township being set up in Jewar Bangar in lieu of their land acquired for the upcoming Jewar international airport.

A total of 3,003 plots ranging from 50 sqm to 500 sqm have been allotted to the residents of seven villages — Nagla Ganeshi, Nagla Chhitar, Nagla Phool Khan, Nagla Shareef Khan, Kishorepur, Rohi and Dayanatpur Kheda — who gave up land for the upcoming Jewar international airport project. The last leg of 243 plots was allotted through an online draw of lots, which was broadcast live for the convenience of the villagers.

The draw of lots was held in the presence of retired judge JP Gupta, former IAS officer Yogendra Narayan and YEIDA’s nodal officer for Noida International Airport Shailendra Bhatia.

“With the latest draw of lots, we have concluded the land compensation process for the airport’s first phase in Jewar tehsil. A total of 3,003 plots have been allotted in seven pockets of the rehabilitation and resettlement site being developed at Jewar Bangar,” Bhatia told TOI.

While the displaced families of the airport land have been given 60 days to vacate their villages, YEIDA has acquired 1,334 hectares of land for Jewar airport in the first phase.

This has affected the population of Nangla Ganeshi, Nangla Sharif, Nangla Phoolkhan, Nangla Chhitar, Kishorepur, Rohi and Dayantpur Kheda. “Plots have been allocated for their rehabilitation in Jewar Bangar, where a separate block has been developed for each village. The plot size ranges from 50sqm to 500 sqm,” said Bhatia, the nodal officer for the Jewar airport project.